PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Dolor rebum sit magna dolore ut doming elitr dolore dolor feugiat eirmod sadipscing. No duo blandit et dolor kasd et minim ipsum sed et aliquyam ut rebum. Sit sea nonumy eum consetetur labore at sadipscing facilisi sadipscing wisi esse est. Duo et rebum takimata augue sea kasd ut nisl dolor takimata. Eu ea diam ipsum volutpat consetetur vel et qui nonumy. Gubergren ipsum tempor lorem at diam aliquyam tempor vero. Eirmod magna sea aliquam diam erat. Dolores veniam tempor aliquyam in sit facer ipsum et diam nam labore diam. Vero quis duis. Sadipscing tation gubergren ut sea.
Sample Output H3
Labore autem at sit justo ullamcorper feugiat. Elitr ad sadipscing ipsum gubergren et dolor enim dolor elitr erat in illum kasd voluptua. Dolor rebum ut nulla diam aliquyam vel lobortis tincidunt dolor liber ipsum kasd rebum. Blandit vero vero. At zzril exerci dolor et at dolor no elitr. Ut eos consequat accusam magna dolore velit nonumy dolores kasd sed. Iusto sadipscing justo et lorem soluta tempor erat et ad te elit lobortis eu vero sanctus. Takimata takimata et possim.
Duo duo diam minim commodo. Sed sea stet nonumy et no dolor et erat tempor duis est rebum facilisi lorem elit. Velit amet et autem. Feugiat lorem takimata veniam. Velit qui ea diam tempor sea ipsum.
Sample Output H4
Commodo sed dolore eos facer amet ipsum accusam augue sit. Invidunt dolor tempor ea ullamcorper et esse delenit. Autem elitr et. Et ea eu lorem feugait dolore sit kasd duo augue et dolor. Ullamcorper justo sit nisl sea at diam nonumy et vel autem amet ipsum est volutpat diam sit gubergren.
Sanctus vulputate laoreet illum lorem eu nonumy lorem veniam suscipit at est nonumy liber dolor cum erat tation. Et sadipscing vulputate nonummy duo lorem aliquam sanctus labore kasd accusam et ea at option ipsum. Minim justo lorem sed. Esse sadipscing ea lobortis elitr kasd luptatum eirmod dolores elitr sea dignissim vero invidunt vulputate. Facilisi feugiat exerci eos est dolor no dolore in erat diam sea nam sed clita ipsum sit dolor. Consetetur feugiat eu takimata exerci diam dignissim consetetur erat vel ipsum dolor ipsum. Sed est sanctus quis est kasd facilisi sit. Dolores stet accusam sea vero voluptua ea est iriure voluptua no sadipscing dolor sed. Sit et ipsum adipiscing nulla dolor mazim. Veniam facilisis nulla invidunt sanctus sadipscing accusam eleifend ut at lorem rebum dolor in ad no duo congue diam.
Sample Output H4
In et minim sed luptatum quis et stet. Et ea hendrerit tempor euismod stet sit diam eum sit dolor dolor vero zzril ipsum ipsum sit diam sit. Ad et no duo labore eos sed tempor at sea. Praesent sit nostrud vero labore aliquip nulla clita eirmod clita sed sanctus magna justo. Magna aliquip delenit aliquyam dignissim dolore eos diam no esse diam euismod volutpat nisl invidunt dolor blandit invidunt consetetur. Takimata sed sed sed sed labore eu erat diam possim. Nostrud erat duo in et nisl kasd tempor justo consetetur et diam et sadipscing aliquyam et diam justo. Nonummy accusam invidunt qui no vel facilisis magna dolor eos ut voluptua vulputate justo nonummy at duis diam.
Et sed dolore id gubergren mazim elitr odio lorem lorem sit eros erat augue. Sed nulla gubergren takimata takimata sadipscing in nulla tincidunt ut volutpat hendrerit aliquam exerci et dolor qui consetetur sanctus. Clita et tation. Dolor nonummy no diam dolor dolore hendrerit autem sed takimata. Ea consequat erat vero ipsum ea enim nulla no tation ea facilisi.
Sample Output H3
Minim adipiscing et voluptua praesent et ipsum. Sit accumsan consequat labore delenit justo. Quis vel zzril vero at aliquyam ea laoreet et dolore duis. Ea ut et vel invidunt rebum labore vero erat. Quis eu dolore labore nisl dolor aliquyam amet duo commodo rebum labore lorem sed sit. Justo sea ea. Sit vel dolores eos lorem. Consequat eirmod tation accusam gubergren amet eos labore sadipscing est. Diam sit augue accusam vero lorem dolor nonumy. Dolore elitr ut takimata sit. No nostrud no in veniam no magna dolor justo amet illum ipsum elitr.
Elit ad aliquyam et sed nulla dolor lobortis et zzril justo et justo lorem suscipit. Justo at sit erat et justo ut in consequat gubergren consetetur sanctus accusam sed. Sanctus et et consequat consetetur. Facilisi dolores illum takimata sea. Gubergren mazim ullamcorper in erat kasd clita rebum eos sit magna erat nulla ea tempor.
Sample Output H4
Tempor vero consequat. In rebum dolor adipiscing vel lorem. Magna sea sit minim nonumy dolore elitr invidunt kasd et iusto aliquip. Sea velit iriure et in et amet dolores at et adipiscing et feugait clita ipsum erat dolor sed at. Imperdiet praesent delenit et illum sed justo takimata sit et duis commodo. Eos assum invidunt lorem eos elitr vulputate et minim eos id rebum amet. Et eirmod diam ipsum erat diam accusam illum quod accusam diam nonumy. Ipsum labore ea odio consequat labore.
Eos aliquyam elitr eos ipsum ea sea aliquyam diam accusam justo dolor sit vel justo. Accumsan aliquip dolores accusam elitr amet dolor et labore ut tempor dolore luptatum dignissim kasd feugiat eos gubergren consetetur. Ipsum consetetur aliquyam dolor in eleifend. Sit sea tempor nonumy justo ipsum lorem dolor erat amet eos sanctus sed dolore dolores esse et magna erat. Sea no labore sanctus tempor no kasd stet magna tincidunt nonumy vero gubergren aliquyam nobis dolores. Duo justo congue kasd.
Sample Output H4
Ea justo dolore wisi ipsum dolore est nonumy et dolore invidunt takimata sed suscipit dolor. In sea elitr et justo kasd iriure sit ipsum amet lorem facilisi sanctus duis magna eirmod ipsum. Et sadipscing est consetetur stet aliquyam no invidunt. Aliquyam at vero ullamcorper illum stet luptatum diam diam duo et elitr esse. Magna praesent dolor dolore ipsum consectetuer accusam nobis. Molestie ipsum elit. Magna lorem sit stet voluptua lorem.
Diam at lobortis amet est sed ipsum gubergren aliquam adipiscing. Duo ipsum invidunt amet kasd aliquyam clita odio. Nostrud diam tempor amet. Lobortis labore sed amet sanctus ea. Dolore sed eirmod quod dolores. Tation elitr labore sed consequat diam duis wisi autem nibh aliquam labore sit ea nobis tempor accusam amet tempor. Est sit diam no et stet dolores dolor tempor stet invidunt consectetuer at lorem consectetuer erat duo dolore. Sit et sit est diam eos gubergren magna amet voluptua.
More Sample Output H2
In ut sea diam et dolor vel voluptua labore vero nulla feugiat vel in invidunt. Dolor ipsum et lorem duo tempor diam sed aliquam dolor stet invidunt magna vulputate adipiscing te quis. Luptatum aliquyam nonumy nonumy at sed mazim. Enim eos ipsum et eirmod invidunt velit lorem odio ipsum et. Labore dolor minim ipsum et quis justo exerci et tempor sea est duo sea eos sanctus dolor stet et. Consetetur et lorem duo eos et elitr voluptua erat lorem lorem feugiat ut aliquip. Lorem et at sit erat. Ut voluptua eirmod labore ipsum lorem aliquyam.
Aliquip et zzril facilisi rebum stet imperdiet commodo at nam. Sit nonumy et diam voluptua. Esse lorem quod mazim dolore stet sed liber gubergren vel nisl. Takimata clita illum stet nonumy dolor. Magna justo vulputate sit ipsum ut ea erat vel kasd amet no. Facilisi et tempor magna in tempor et iriure suscipit ipsum lorem lorem sadipscing nibh illum id vero dolore. Rebum te amet diam dolor ipsum est nisl ea et zzril consetetur ea iusto est aliquyam eirmod in amet. Dolor aliquyam duo sed dolores labore zzril te diam magna ex. Erat amet sit et exerci sadipscing nonumy erat elit lorem sea vero consetetur sea eirmod exerci nisl molestie. Amet et nonumy ipsum et sed. Sea feugiat liber sit dolores et lorem autem.
Sample Output H3
Nulla et soluta iriure nonumy est. Erat et sed rebum sadipscing stet. Eirmod velit et blandit. Diam sit stet illum nonumy et. Lobortis molestie dolore at consequat luptatum. Amet labore et dolore dolores nonummy justo. Sit amet amet exerci duo justo consequat sea tincidunt rebum elit ad at et ea dignissim duis. Illum et takimata. Ipsum duis luptatum ea eum odio. Takimata lorem et erat kasd illum dolor nulla ea autem takimata takimata. Nonumy iriure et amet duo dolore ipsum ipsum diam.
Tempor et placerat stet voluptua elitr ipsum aliquam amet quod invidunt kasd nostrud labore rebum sed. Nonumy rebum magna at voluptua doming eleifend accusam. Ad diam sanctus dolores dolore lorem et et elitr. Diam et no facilisi aliquyam wisi clita tempor tempor molestie facilisis eum ipsum elit at rebum sed sanctus. Diam amet sed et dolor amet est luptatum sed stet gubergren consetetur amet sit voluptua rebum diam duis. Labore at ea exerci stet invidunt et et sadipscing sed sadipscing. Dolor kasd sed ea nostrud invidunt stet delenit dolor at dolor et. Accusam diam velit. Diam labore ut dolore adipiscing accusam enim clita invidunt erat velit. Elitr clita voluptua ut veniam et labore lorem magna et augue voluptua. Sed at eos magna.
Sample Output H4
Nulla rebum ipsum et ullamcorper sea invidunt eum nonumy ea ipsum in sed at ut et rebum voluptua. Nonumy amet eos. Et facilisis accusam no illum ullamcorper sanctus. Aliquyam accusam molestie no kasd magna amet sit kasd facilisis elitr consetetur nonumy sed. Eos dolor nostrud takimata ipsum duis et diam elitr hendrerit nibh. Tempor dolores ipsum iusto diam kasd dignissim et eirmod aliquip et dolor et ut vero ut elit elitr. Eum mazim voluptua labore sea duo amet rebum dolore dolor dolore consetetur ut amet facilisi no. Clita takimata duo et ipsum lorem lorem ipsum ut lorem suscipit.
Sit facer amet rebum ipsum mazim ea labore sed et accumsan dolor eirmod vero vero. Zzril dolor no diam aliquam consetetur. Suscipit erat minim sit justo zzril et eirmod. Et diam volutpat te dolor accusam sit. Sadipscing velit stet tempor feugiat invidunt ea volutpat aliquyam vero est aliquip rebum ipsum vel duo clita gubergren invidunt. Facilisi nonummy vulputate dolor amet dolore rebum erat laoreet diam magna dolor. Amet labore invidunt sanctus dolor aliquyam no ipsum ipsum et ipsum. Invidunt voluptua magna elitr soluta augue ipsum vel sit elitr. Lorem justo et duis et invidunt amet labore diam veniam invidunt justo. Amet clita diam aliquyam diam vero. Elitr illum ea enim sanctus et velit justo et dolore no erat laoreet.
Sample Output H4
Tempor erat blandit eirmod clita takimata nonumy sanctus voluptua lorem sea amet veniam sed elitr eos. Accumsan duo nonumy labore lorem et in. Erat diam amet ut nisl vulputate et labore aliquyam vero blandit minim eirmod clita et. Feugiat vulputate delenit ipsum tation vero imperdiet tation et eirmod no cum vel invidunt et aliquyam sit amet. Erat est accusam placerat dolore feugait sed eos. Et facilisis odio eum ipsum invidunt sanctus dolor te iriure rebum quod ea exerci magna et. Stet vel diam vero takimata sit nonumy duo.
Vero labore labore. Aliquyam exerci clita tempor consetetur duis ipsum consequat dolor aliquyam lorem ut. Ut duo dolore zzril vero accusam. Dolore voluptua lorem sadipscing sit stet. Sed ut tempor enim aliquyam dolore ut dolor dolore tempor accusam. Eros elit dolore takimata consequat justo erat consequat tempor sit invidunt dolor consequat.
Sample Output H3
Duis est iusto aliquam et consequat sit justo ea gubergren dolore sed no. Nobis invidunt nonummy amet sanctus dolor sed. Et facilisis eos augue ea no kasd eos ex labore dolores. Takimata ipsum gubergren vel consequat consequat elit te et sit lorem facilisis augue in ut magna. Vero sed dolor vero dolore ut magna iriure elitr amet et no labore facilisi ea takimata. Aliquyam lorem diam amet minim.
Minim sed eos diam consetetur sit et at feugiat sea aliquyam sanctus kasd et voluptua stet. Nonumy no invidunt nulla. Enim justo ut et luptatum dolore ut lorem sit dolor diam. Nulla sit clita lorem ut. Nostrud eos clita voluptua sit no te vulputate est accumsan ipsum est lorem elit ut stet. Illum voluptua voluptua et accumsan clita exerci clita vel clita clita quis feugait aliquip at ullamcorper labore elitr mazim. In diam voluptua erat voluptua diam takimata sanctus sed laoreet euismod justo no aliquam sed sed magna.
Sample Output H4
Kasd adipiscing rebum te. Ipsum clita nibh elitr sanctus praesent et at gubergren eos sed sanctus qui vero at feugiat aliquyam odio. Gubergren justo sadipscing et sed. Sed sed sed eirmod illum vero diam dolor et lorem ea ea sit blandit iriure. Diam sea elitr sed sanctus nonummy.
At sanctus erat elitr duis diam est augue velit. Suscipit at at. Commodo praesent stet. Justo at facilisis dolores lorem tempor dolor sed et ex sed. Dolores sanctus est. Ipsum laoreet autem diam ut dolor amet ipsum. Zzril gubergren sit voluptua amet gubergren. Lorem dolore eirmod dolore sea diam dolor elitr. In clita et nam ut dolor. Diam duo nonumy et et doming accusam accusam feugiat invidunt vero.
Sample Output H4
Sit rebum esse nulla ex elit labore dolor mazim ut takimata dolore ea exerci no takimata. Delenit labore enim at ipsum elitr gubergren nonumy ipsum. Clita kasd delenit duo duis diam consequat eleifend. Dolore at sanctus sadipscing dolores eleifend dolor esse. Dolore in eirmod. Rebum vero feugait diam tincidunt vel ipsum lorem at cum stet amet eos aliquip sadipscing illum sea. Ipsum takimata rebum dolore aliquyam. Sed ipsum at lorem takimata feugiat takimata lorem consequat adipiscing aliquip. No diam ut aliquyam ipsum eirmod volutpat no elitr. Consetetur sit sit.
Ipsum velit aliquyam dolor ipsum sadipscing. Et no gubergren amet lorem delenit nihil ea stet sanctus ipsum invidunt at autem at et. At no odio duo sadipscing lorem. Ipsum sanctus ex. Nulla dolore amet lorem et vero clita. Accusam elitr diam sanctus nulla.